The Falcons are a professional American football team. It is based in Atlanta. They are also known as the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons play in the National Football League (NFL).
They are involved as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) South Division. The Falcons joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1965.
This was after the previous owner of the football team, Rankin Smith was offered a franchise by the NFL to keep him from joining the rival American Football League (AFL).
The current home field of the Falcons is Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and the headquarters of the team is situated at a 50-acre site in Flowery Branch, which is northeast of Atlanta in Hall County.
The Falcons had had several owners since its inception as an expansion team. Rankin Smith was the first owner of the team and he held this position from 1966 to 1989.
Taylor Smith then took over from 1990 to 2001. Arthur Blank has been the owner of the Falcons since 2002 to date.